Legal Opinion
Olympia Hotels Corp. v. Johnson Wax Development Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1990No. Nos. 89-2350, 89-2557PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Before us are cross-appeals in a suit arising out of a contract dispute. The appeals are rich with issues, and to discuss them intelligibly we shall have to simplify matters brutally.
In 1988, Olympia Hotels Corporation filed suit against Racine Hotel Partners Limited Partnership charging breach of contract and, by a subsequent amendment to the complaint, conspiracy as well, all in violation of Wisconsin law. The basis of federal jurisdiction was diversity of citizenship. Racine questioned the existence of diversity, claiming that Olympia’s principal place of business was…
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